Top German court rejects Apple touchscreen patent appeal

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zgnyussmR929BVRMyBEKCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-08-25T164507Z_1006950001_LYNXNPEB7O0XH_RTROPTP_2_CBUS INESS-US-APPLE-PATENT.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/top-german-court-rejects-apple-touchscreen-patent-appeal-164507917--finance.html)Apple Inc patents covering the "slide to unlock" feature on smartphones are invalid, Germany's highest appeals court ruled on Tuesday, reaffirming a 2013 decision rejecting the U.S. company's claims by a lower court. The ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals in Karlsruhe covers one of the Apple iPhone's most popular defining features, of which makers of rival Android-based phones have developed their own versions. In a statement, the appeals court said it confirmed a ruling by the lower Federal Patent Court that canceled Apple's German patent, based on the technique's similarity to a phone released by Swedish company Neonode Inc a year before the iPhone's 2007 launch.



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